Project Gutenberg 2016-02-29 Public domain in the USA. 222 Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick) 1852 1925 Knight, Edward Frederick 11007749 Turkey; the Awakening of Turkey; the Turkish Revolution of 1908 E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Turkey; the Awakening of Turkey; the Turkish Revolution of 1908" by E. F. Knight is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the socio-political transformations leading to the Turkish Revolution of 1908. It explores the struggles within the empire, the rise of reformist groups like the Young Turks, and the effects of foreign political intrigue on Turkey's fate. The opening of the text introduces the historical context of Turkey, detailing its expansion and eventual decline as a powerful empire. It discusses how internal corruption, external pressures from Christian powers, and revolts from within its provinces contributed to its disintegration. The author highlights how these challenges culminated in a desperate movement among Turks, led by the Young Turks, to reclaim their homeland through reform and national unity. The narrative paints a picture of a people on the brink of awakening, inspired to fight for a better governance system and the reconstruction of their national identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Eastern question (Balkan) Turkey -- History -- 1878-1909 Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1878-1909 DR Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) 565043 2025-08-20T14:16:45.556901 text/html 542248 2024-10-23T00:07:10 text/html 638442 2025-08-20T14:16:52.471813 application/epub+zip 643026 2025-08-20T14:16:46.841847 application/epub+zip 254722 2025-08-20T14:16:46.167856 application/epub+zip 808391 2025-08-20T14:16:56.896831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 758144 2025-08-20T14:16:51.752858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371787 2022-09-23T11:16:42.138667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509034 2025-08-20T14:16:44.835851 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 488968 2024-10-23T00:07:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16750 2025-08-20T14:16:57.050771 application/rdf+xml 20395 2025-08-20T14:16:46.326815 image/jpeg 3280 2025-08-20T14:16:46.255858 image/jpeg 578032 2025-08-20T14:16:45.621814 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia